The worst last five overs bowlers in ODI's!!

[Richard]

Sami

Hmm - I think he'd just about qualify for worst bowlers any stage.

 

[Richard]

and whichever zimbabwean bowled to justin kemp last night

Whichever Zimbabwean bowled full-stop would qualify - except Utseya, of course. Even he was absolutely horrible in the last game.

 

[Richard]

Here is a follow up on a similar batsman's thread.

Similarly the condition here is that these should be regular bowlers expected to bowl their ten overs in a fifty over game.

Sehwag, Tendulkar, Ganguly and their type do not qualify.

Ian Harvey.
Purely because everyone thinks he's so good - and he just is not.
In fact he's so poor it's untrue.
He's not the worst, of course, but he's easily the most overrated.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Ian Harvey.

I think his reputation in that regard was built up on a few early performances, and he never quite lived up to them later in his career. Usually when someone sees a bowler with a decent control over line and length and a high quality slower ball they assume them to be a good death bowler, but it's not always that straightforward.

 

[Richard]

A death bowler needs one thing.
A good Yorker - and the ability to bowl it consistently.
Harvey has a cracking Yorker - unfortunately (for him) he's not fantastic at bowling it.
At the domestic level, his excellent slower-ball helps him in a way it doesn't, really, at international level.

 

[tooextracool]

easily hoggard IMO. throw in caddick and ealham, and pretty much any indian bowler.

 

[Richard]

Caddick was bad, but there were worse. Generally accurate bowlers like him and Ealham, whose virtues lie in metronomic line and standard-good-length, are totally wasted at the death.

 

[chekmeout]

ajit agarkar without a doubt...

 

[Jono]

yeah maybe once.....but ovearall he is not good at all...i rememeber a couple of years ago he used to bowl in the depth and give around 15 - 20 runs for the last over or two. maybe now he's abit better..but trust me he was crap.

I remember Arjuna used to give Muralil and Jayasiriya to bowl the last 5 becuase Vass was crap.

It was more to do with how effective Jayasuriya was in the last 5-10 overs. His darts can be tough to play, and very tough to hit 4s and 6s.

 

[honestbharani]

Agarkar
Sami
Peterson
Ali
Balaji

 

[Richard]

With the possible exception of Kabir (and even less so Balaji) these are simply poor any time!

 

[Richard]

It was more to do with how effective Jayasuriya was in the last 5-10 overs. His darts can be tough to play, and very tough to hit 4s and 6s.

Jayasuriya when he gets it right is twice as effective as Vaas will ever be - Vaas is wasted at the death.

 

[Arjun]

With the possible exception of Kabir (and even less so Balaji) these are simply poor any time!

Kabir Ali has a very high economy-rate, but picks up wickets very regularly- that strike rate is impressive. Balaji's just too slow to get away with bowling loose balls, so he's often prone to going for lots of runs without too many wickets.

 

[Richard]

Arjun, anyone is too slow to get away with bowling loose balls a la Balaji.
In fact the quicker you are, the more tightly you need to bowl, because loose balls slide off the bat so easily.

 

[Arjun]

Arjun, anyone is too slow to get away with bowling loose balls a la Balaji.
In fact the quicker you are, the more tightly you need to bowl, because loose balls slide off the bat so easily.

Batsmen can take more time against medium-pace and adjust their shots.

 

[Richard]

Not significantly, no.
The extra time allowed by an 80mph delivery (which, of course, is far quicker than medium-pace) relative to a 90mph delivery won't allow any real adjustment to an attacking stroke.

 

[SpeedKing]

has to be Mathew Hoggard. he is an absolute disaster at the death. no slower ball, no decent yorker just line and length which is fodder in the last 10 overs.

kabir ali is hot at times, then ice cold at other times, thus very unpredicatble at the death so you can't really concretely say he is one of the worst.

Honorary mention to Symonds [so toothless in the last 10], Alex Wharf and me [ATM].

 

[Richard]

has to be Mathew Hoggard. he is an absolute disaster at the death. no slower ball, no decent yorker just line and length which is fodder in the last 10 overs.

Slower-balls at the death are generally a recipe for disaster anyway.

 

[sledger]

chris gayle is great at the death , what a lad shame the rest of the windies side are poor at most times let alone at the death. mind you ian bradshaw isnt bad actually...

 

[The Baconator]

has to be Mathew Hoggard. he is an absolute disaster at the death. no slower ball, no decent yorker just line and length which is fodder in the last 10 overs.

kabir ali is hot at times, then ice cold at other times, thus very unpredicatble at the death so you can't really concretely say he is one of the worst.

Honorary mention to Symonds [so toothless in the last 10], Alex Wharf and me [ATM].

true about Hoggard, but hopefully he shouldn't play another ODI again.